Frondaria caulescens

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Frondaria caulescens
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Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
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Subtribe: Pleurothallidinae
Genus: Frondaria
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Species: F. caulescens
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Frondaria caulescens
(Lindl.) Luer
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Frondaria caulescens is a species of orchid and the sole species of the genus Frondaria. The species is found at high altitudes from central Colombia to central Bolivia. It is unique because of its leaflike sheaths of the ramicauls.

It is nearly impossible to maintain this species in cultivation.

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